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Mazak
Appoints
Northeast
GM
Mazak Corp. has
named Jim Rutan as
the general manager
for the Northeast Region. Formerly the
manager of the Mazak sales office in
Allentown, Pennsylvania, Mr. Rutan will
now help customers throughout the
Northeast receive sales, service and ap-
plications support in order to compete in a
booming regional manufacturing market.
As the general manager, Mr. Rutan is
responsible for Mazak's sales and profit-
ability across the Northeast by working
alongside the service and applications
managers to provide customers with
technology backed by support and train-
ing. The region is comprised of the eastern
halves of New York and Pennsylvania as
well as New England.
Mr. Rutan will also manage the North-
east Technology Center, one of Mazak's
eight North American Technology Centers.
:: Mazak Corp.
800-231-1456, mazakusa.com
::
Sunnen Acquires
BTA Heller
Sunnen Products Co. has acquired BTA
Heller Inc., a U.S.-based manufacturer of
deep hole tooling and systems for primary
hole generation. This move aims to expand
Sunnen's honing expertise to include
tooling for initial hole creation and other
complementary bore sizing and finishing
processes. The company recently intro-
duced the SHD series skiving and roller
burnishing system with tooling supplied by
BTA Heller and will retain the BTA Heller
name as a wholly owned subsidiary.
"BTA Heller is a natural fit for Sunnen.
Our companies complement each other
very well, and BTA Heller's reputation in
the industry for deep hole drilling exper-
tise is unsurpassed," says Chris Milten-
berger, president and COO of Sunnen
Products Co. "The transfer of knowledge
between the two companies will cre-
ate a unique value proposition for our
customers. And, with this acquisition, no
other deep hole/BTA company will have
Sunnen's global presence for technical and
post-sale support."
:: Sunnen Products Co.
800-325-3670, sunnen.com
::
Rothenberger Group
Acquires Röhm Group
Röhm Group has been acquired by Dr.
Helmut Rothenberger Holding GmbH.
The company's 1,400 employees join
the Rothenberger Group's family of
more than 100 companies, which include
Rothenberger AG, Autania AG and Walter
Werkzeuge GmbH, along with a workforce
of more than 6,000.
The Röhm family's fourth generation
representative, Norbert Roos, says, "We
are pleased to have found a dependable
and competent buyer in the family-run Dr.
Helmut Rothenberger Holding GmbH group
of companies." He adds that it would be "a
guarantee for further successful develop-
ment and continuation of the Röhm Group."
With almost two centuries of combined
experience in manufacturing, the Röhm
Group and Rothenberger Group are both
geared for growth in 2018. Plans are un-
derway to increase Röhm's staff and further
secure its position as a clamping device and
drill chuck manufacturer.
:: Röhm Products of America
770-963-8440, rohm-products.com
::
Company Completes ISO
9001 Recertification
Amada Miyachi America Inc. has completed
the ISO 9001 recertification process for its
quality management system. The ISO 9001
certification reflects the company's commit-
ment to providing high quality, innovative
products for customers.
As part of the recertification process, each
manufacturing process and operation was
validated, best methods were determined for
each, and then guidelines were developed for
ensuring the process would remain consis-
tent and repeatable.
:: Amada Miyachi America Inc.
626-303-5676, amadamiyachi.com
Company Celebrates 35 Years in Business
CNC Software Inc., developers of Master-
cam CAD/CAM software, is celebrating 35
years in business. In 1983, two brothers,
Mark and Jack Summers, came up with a
concept for programming CNC machine
tools. A third brother, Brian Summers,
joined and together they developed a
PC-based CAD/CAM software package
that laid the foundation for what would be
Mastercam.
Since then, CNC Software has advanced
dozens of technologies for those shops,
including smart tool paths, hybrid machin-
ing, mill-turn, multi-axis, its Dynamic
Motion technology, as well as basic pack-
ages for milling, turning, and wire EDM. In
addition to manufacturers, the company
has focused on selling and supporting
Mastercam in the education sector since
its inception.
:: Mastercam - CNC Software Inc.
860-875-5006, mastercam.com
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